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Hi Lakshmi,
Thanks for dropping by my blog and leaving me a line. I am in RA Puram.
I once had a potato thair pachadi in a friends place. They mentioned that it was totally an Iyengar preparation. Would you know how to make that? Thanks a lot.

Hi,
I am from Sydney, Australia.
I am trying to best my wife’s cooking and will be using your guidelines.I can recall most of the dishes from my mother’s days.
Will let you know the outcome
Keep up the good work

I am from Srivilliputhur, India. It is so very heartening to learn about this blog.

I think the iyengar community needs some more grouping to safeguard their culture, heritage and tradition or else it may be lost forever.

I would like all those who are with god’s grace well off financially, to help poor iyengars by way of assistance for education, medication and other such actions. Although many iyengars have taken flight to prosperity out of Tamil Nadu, many still are living here in an environment of prejudice, subjugation, discrimation and apathy.

hi
i always used to check with the receipes in your blog for any fesitval. your measures are perfect than the traditional cook book measures. thanks for posting and helping lots of people like me who wanna to do authentic receipes at home during festive season.. god bless. keep posting.

You truly are a God-send! I’m not exaggerating. The reasons are as follows:

1. I’m just learning to cook.
2. I prefer recipes in English and you have them (I have no books to follow)
3. I’m away from India and there’s no one to guide me, except the phone calls that I can make home, which anyway can’t be that often.
4. You have Iyengar recipes, which I need desperately!
5. Your measurements are so perfect.
6. You have put all the recipes online (you are a true blend of tradition and modernity).

This is indeed a unique site and much needed by the younger generation. However, it is indeed a pity that two Non vegetarian recipes appear as “Automatically Generated Recipes,” when one is surfing this site!

Is there a list of pure Iyengar Recipes of Bharata, regardless of loyalty to Acarya and divisions? Also, am not an Iyengar by birth; but do not consume Tamasica ingredients (Onion, Garlic, Red Chilli Peppers etc) as prescribed in Vedic literature and by Prof. Dr. RadhaKrishan, our ancestor.

Would much appreciate Sattvica Iyengar recipes. Kindly indicate if there is such a collection or recommend an Iengar Sattvica Recipe Book. Would be keen inf you could post some Iyengar specials; also Mysore Hebbar Iyengar specials if there are any.

Dear Sri Haribol,
Namaskarams,
I’m a Hebbar Iyengar and was very happy to hear that someone is looking for our recipies. I found this link which has some recipies and lots of other stuff.http://hebbariyengar.net/default.aspx
I hope you find it useful.
Sarvam Krishnarpanamastu

Hi, I am married to an Iyengar family.. Can any one help me with some of the basic Iyengar recipes… for example all kinds of sambar and karamadhu, may be how to make kootu, and thogayil…. thank you………….

Hi all,
I am raghu ramanujam.. we are three brothers and one sister… Two brothers including me and one sister got settled down in US.
We are on the lookout for a nice family girl from a humble iyengar family for my youngest brother for marriage. He lives with my mom and is employed in a local polytechnic.
It would be great if any one of you can suggest an alliance from a iyengar family.
You can mail me with some details to my id…. psr251@yahoo.com
Thanks for your help in advance.
regards
Raghu Ramanujam

hello everybody
this blog is a godsend…am a malayalee getting engaged to an iyengar and he loves his iyengar food.
Going to start experimenting with the recipes soon, am a novice in kitchen..so wish me luck,,will keep u all posted:-)!

Hi
i am wondering how i missed this site all these years..great work..have some traditional south indian iyengar recipes which i had collected..wanted to know the method to post so it will be useful for everyone..thanks once again for the mouthwatering recipes and mainly the menu for pandigais..

All recipes offered by Relish are amazing. I have used so many of them for me and my family and I have never gotten any bad feedback, not even from my kids. I even use them to entertain my guests for parties through out the year and they always are a hit. They offer recipes for different times of the season, holidays, and obviously countless recipes of different cuisines.

I help my wife in cooking and we lost the family receipe for Kuzhambu and satramaudhu (rasam) podi(powder) formulae. Though we had seen variations in this from different Iyengar homes, can you post this as your would recommend. I welcome others to advise as well. I have also found that adding a few Vendhiyam (Methi) seeds to the sambar powder as it boils makes a very disstinct flavour that makes an Iyengar Kuzhambhu. T P Sampath Gurgaon India

it is really nice to see the Iyengar food seperately in this site. It will helpful to all of us to know our earlier generation secret to keep their health in good condition and live upto 100 years. Each type of foods have its own strength to add energy to our organ system to take care our health for long life. thanks for your site and required to post more recipe like this.

Bake two large potatos til they are soft enough to mash .Do not mash them to a paste but enough till they retain a few lumps
Season a few mustard seeds in a pan with hot oil ( a neutral oil like Canola or refined oil is good). When the mustard splutters, add a tablespoon of ulatham paruppu,( Uraddal) a couple (depending on taste) of green chillies cut small
and a small amount of karuveppilai.
Add this to a cup (or more) of good thayir , with just a touch of sourness, salt according to taste. Add the mashed potatos and a spoonful of Green dania ( Kotha Malli). Mix it up and serve

For a more colorful presentation, take the potatos, add it to the thayir and salt, and then pour the seasoning on top. Garnish with thin slices of green /red chillies and the green dhania